Maryland is using $36 million in grant funding to help local school districts expand clean energy systems and adopt cost-saving energy efficiency technologies, Gov. Wes Moore announced Friday.

The funding comes from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund , which reinvests proceeds from greenhouse gas-emissions auctions and alternative compliance payments from utilities into a range of programs, the governor's office said.

"We are taking a comprehensive approach to making energy more efficient, more affordable, and more sustainable in the State of Maryland," Gov. Moore said. "Every dollar we invest to improve energy performance in schools helps us save money and direct more resources toward our children's education. This is what creative and responsible governing looks like."

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